ghostscript command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix ghostscript command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

ghostscript: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ghostscript: command not found

Solutions to ghostscript: command not found

How To Fix ghostscript: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ghostscript is provided by ghostscript package.

ghostscript is:

GPL Ghostscript is used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing. Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.

Furthermore, it can render PostScript and PDF files as graphics to be printed on non-PostScript printers. Supported printers include common dot-matrix, inkjet and laser models.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install ghostscript

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install ghostscript.

sudo apt -y install ghostscript

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install ghostscript

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix ghostscript command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.